Fox Sports and jobs site Indeed have opened a summer vacancy for a “Chief World Cup Watcher”, paying $50,000 (around 61 lakh taka) for one fan to view all 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup from a glass cube in Times Square, New York.
The successful applicant will watch every match in 4K on Fox One, the tournament’s official streaming platform, and share social media content from the cube. The set-up doubles as a live watch party for passers-by in Midtown Manhattan.
“This FIFA World Cup will be a historic tournament that calls for an equally historic hire,” Fox Sports president of marketing Robert Gottlieb said in the release. “One engaged applicant will get the job of a lifetime to experience and celebrate every story, every nation and every exhilarating moment that defines the beautiful game.”
Indeed chief marketing officer James Whitemore added: “As a leading global hiring platform, matching candidates and employers is at the core of what we do. It’s how we help people find jobs faster and how employers hire more efficiently. This partnership with Fox Sports is a great example of our mission to help people get jobs.”
Applicants must update an Indeed profile with relevant reporting, journalism and content-creation experience, then post a short pitch video tagged #ChiefWorldCupWatcher. Applications close on 17 May.
Fox will name the winner on 6 June, during its broadcast of the Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees baseball game. The role starts that day and runs until the World Cup final on 26 July.
The tournament itself begins on 11 June. The United States, Canada and Mexico co-host the expanded 48-team edition, the biggest in the competition’s history.
